The 2024-25 Naismith Awards ceremony took place on Wednesday afternoon and it was a heavily West Coast affair. All three winners came from the two dominant Los Angeles schools this season, USC and ...

Naismith would become a pioneer on more than one front. In the 1930s, while a professor at the University of Kansas, a young African American student named John McLendon enrolled, Putz explained.

Watkins was named the women's 2025 Naismith National Player of the Year on Wednesday. She averaged 23.9 points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game, leading the Trojans to a 31-4 record and 17-1 ...

UCLA’s Lauren Betts was named Naismith Women’s Defensive Player of the Year after the 6-foot-7 center led the Bruins with 20.0 points, 9.6 rebounds, 3.0 blocks and 0.9 steals per game.